Survey identifies the top three outdoor design elements, and five most popular features of each.

By Charlotte O’Malley

Outdoor living spaces for entertaining and relaxing will be in high demand during 2014, according to the Residential Landscape Architecture Trends Survey conducted by the American Society of Landscape Architects in January-February 2014. The survey gathered responses from 179 landscape architecture professionals across the country who specialize in residential design, and asked them to rate the expected popularity of outdoor design elements as well as popular features for each. Check out the breakdown: